I'm conducting a research project in the field of language processing, and I need data. What kind of data? Well, I need writing samples that include the initial unedited draft, and the final draft after.

I have quite a few samples of my works, but I wanted to expand out my dataset to include more people than just myself. So, if you are willing to help me out, that would be very much appreciated.

I'm going to try something different. Work has been consuming my free time but if I budget about an hour every morning after I get up to write I think I can start getting traction on some of the stories I have outstanding. And a few stories I started but never posted the first chapter to because I wanted to mostly finish it before I started posting.

So we'll see how a week of 1-2 hours every morning turns out, starting when I wake up.

Yeah, it's a little late to be posting a new years blog but well, whatever.

I wanted to finish the uncomplete stories I have and finished the ones I haven't published yet sometime this month. The thing holding me back is work, I have a job to do and I don't get paid till it's done. That's fine I suppose but the last paycheck I've gotten was back in December so three months without pay is annoying.

I've been spending a lot of my time reading, writing (small unpublished projects), and learning to be abetter writer. On the upside I've made a lot of improvements, but it has taken a tole on my existing projects.

So the plan for next week is to update Broken Dreams (maybe even finish it), and publish the final chapter of teatime. I'm pretty confident that the chapter I'm working on right now is the final one.